European Vegetation Survey

European Vegetation Survey (EVS) is a Working Group of the International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS), uniting plant ecologists interested in vegetation survey and classification in Europe and beyond.

The purposes of EVS are:

to develop common data standards in the provision of phytosociological information about vegetation;

to encourage national programmes of vegetation survey across Europe and beyond;

to develop software and an electronic network for vegetation data exchange;

to produce an overview of European vegetation;

to organize scientific meetings;

to encourage international research collaborations in vegetation survey;

to support publications on concepts, methods and results of vegetation survey in Europe and beyond.